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Definitions for Rye

[1] a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
[2] the seeds or grain of this plant, used for making flour and whiskey, and as a livestock feed.
[3] rye bread.
[4] a straight whiskey distilled from a mash containing 51 percent or more rye grain.
[5] Northeastern U.S. and Canada . a blended whiskey.
[6] made with rye grain or flour: rye rolls.
[7] a male Gypsy.
[8] a city in SE New York, on Long Island Sound.
[9] a tall hardy widely cultivated annual grass, Secale cereale , having soft bluish-green leaves, bristly flower spikes, and light brown grain See also wild rye
[10] the grain of this grass, used in making flour and whiskey, and as a livestock food
[11] Also called: rye whiskey whiskey distilled from rye. US whiskey must by law contain not less than 51 per cent rye
[12] US short for rye bread
[13] dialect a gentleman
[14] a resort in SE England, in East Sussex: one of the Cinque Ports. Pop: 4195 (2001)

Words related to Rye

wheat, grain, corn, rice, bran, drink, alcohol, liquor, Scotch, distillery, bourbon, oats, moonshine, distiller, rotgut, poteen, moonshiner, hooch, distill, usquebaugh

Words nearby Rye

rybnik, rydal, rydberg, ryder, ryder cup, rye, rye bread, rye whiskey, rye-brome, rye-grass, ryegrass

Origin of Rye

2First recorded in 1850–55, rye is from the Romany word rai

Word origin for Rye

from Romany rai , from Sanskrit rājan king; see rajah

Synonyms for Rye

bran, corn, grain, rice, wheat, oats, breakfast food